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Then the night wore on and we knew the woiva
That the eudeif it all Was nigh;
Three doctors, they bad groin the cocoa -mita -
And what eeuld One CO hut die?
Oh, William!" she cried, 'M strew .no blossoms of
Bring
Orth, new 'apparatus' might rust; •
But say that a haudful of shavingil you'll bring,
Aualinger tO see me combust.
Oh, promise ine, love, by the lire -hole
weans
And when mourners; au stokere ranvene,
You will woe thet they light Me sem° eolemn,
stow match,
And warn them against kerosene.
'It would cheer we to know, ere ilhefie rude
breezes waft
My esseneue far to the polei
That one whom 1 hive will look M the draught,
And have a fond eye on the deal.
unefirraise me, love," and her 9010Q fainter
43W---
"Wh e this body of mine calcines,
Yon will staLt1 just as uesr aa,yott can to the flue
And gaze while wy gases arise.
"For Thompson—Si' Henry—has found out a
way
(01 his process you've surely heard tell),.
And you burn like a parlor match gently- away
Not even offsna b a smell.
Bo none of the dainty need sniff in disdain
When my carbon floats up in the sky;
And 1 am sure, love, that )ou will never com-
plain,
Though an ash should blow iu your eye.
"Now promise me, love "-and shii murmured
IoW -
'Whoa the calcification is o'er,
You wIlAit by my grave iu the twilight glow-.
I mean by the foramen door.
"Yes, promise me, love, while the seasons
revolve •
On their noiseless axles the years,
OU will visit the kilo where you On,W me
'resolve,'
--• --And-bleach my poor ashes with tears."----
FOR II E HOUSEHOLD.
The Wild Girl and How She Should
be Treated.
TS, EAPPINDS.S AND Itte0IPES.
flab's Answer.
A little crib in a corner;
A baby nestling there;
A wee head laid uu a tallow
After a murmured prayer.
Bair up in funny papers
To wake to -morrow's aurls7-
But tat such a ir wilingfor head
On oue ot the sweetest girls! -
And lips stuck out so "pouty "
Ovat a dimpled chin,
Wbile mamma, with a blessing,
Tucks baby snugly lo.
"Now, one sweet hi84, my darling,
And then mus , mamma, go;
The little lambs iu the meadows
Are fast asleep I know;
And so ere all the cialekies—"
Hero the pout emnes out ag •
As she tri.11 with angry sobbing, '
fio's de—niee—oid—dotai—kin' hen I"
The Wild Girl.
The girl of 16 who will neither sew nor
do housework has rio business to be decked •
out in finery and rambliug about in-searoh
of, fun and frelica.ueless her perenteare
rich, and in that event she needs the Watch,
ful direction of a good mother none the leas..
There ie no objectien tibial% but it should
be well chosen and welt timed. No girl or
womanwho will not work has a right to
share the wages of a poor mama' toil, if
she does weak, if she makes the clothes 'the
wears and assists in the hounholdduties,
the chanties are ehewill have enough self-
respect to behave when nlay•time • comes,
but if she should Baal be a little "wild" the
honest toil she has done will outer upon
her some degree of right to have her own
way, ill-judged though it /bey be: The wilds
girl usually aspires to. prominence in eoree
Rocie,1 circle or other, and her manners and
conduct are in greater or less- degree
deeigned to attract the following of med.
tin should remember that followers are
tot always admirers, and that the moat•
sincere admiration a man ever feelfor a
Yemen in a drawing -room is when he looks
upon her and says in big own coneciOuta:
taes, "the is a perfect lady." That is a
reflotion that never cloture to him as his
cycle tall upon .the wild girl. .
Good needs.
Keep good company or none. Never be
idle. If your hands °suet be usefully.
employed, attend to the cult minion of your
mind. Always imeak the truth. Make few
. promises. Live up .to your engagements.
Keep your ownaeorets .if you have thy.
When you speak to a person look him in
'' the face. Good company and good &never -
Haden are the very ehleive of virtue: Good
character is above all things else. You
eharaater °Janet be essentially injured
exciept by your own am. If any. one
speaks ill of you, let your life be so that
none will believe him. Ever live, misfor-
tune excepted, within your income. When
you retire to bed, thtuk over .what you
have been doing during the day. 'Make no
haste to be rich if Yin would keeper.
Small and steady eides give competency
with tranquillity of mina. Avoid tempta-
tion, through fear thet you may sot with-
stand it. Earn mouey" betake you Emend
it. aNever.run in debt, itulees you eee a way
tii•get out again. Never borrow it you oan
possibly avoid it. Da net marry uutil you
ble to support a wife. Never 'meek
any one. •
•
Domestic floppiness.
Domenic happi um' has intrinsic mirth;
it may be realized in Overby ; it is eternal;
above the control of oirouinetanue. Such
happiness is the flower of paradise that hue
been suffered to stray beyond its walls, and
thoughwitla us it does not bloom in original
perfection, yet De blossoms, as we may
gather them, are too lothiyto..,_laiave tu, in
doubt whether it is wardri our culture. Of
all earthly geode this is Heave/Se beet gift -
to macs Whilst there is no other kind or
joy that can oompenea(e for its absence, it
may alike gild the mud wale of the cabal,
or shed vitality and warmth over the cold
state of the palace. There iS no oolidition of
life to which it may not add untold price.
Monarchs tbere have been who heve
heard the exulting shout '01 victory, have
joined it for a moment, then inwardly
sighed; rebellious sous were a thorn in the
heart whose rankling prick was felt to kill
all joy. Merthante may liave aliaitSfled
th r a:anions ; tbeit bathes may atave been
koaored in varietal parte of the globe; but
in a moment, wheu success aud security
of
hav aa - dieh the soul bus whispered I " Tide
zt
attended some favorite echeme of
ha ' ous enterprise in all tire bitterness
i
is but mothery to hill who would Leak it . to
atone for the absence of doteestio love."
Poets have lived whose brown have been
wreathed by a fascinated nation, but whose
spirits have loathed The laurels, for thorn*
grew at home. But never • menorah,
merchant, nor poet found. donlestio bliss a
joy too muoh. Ile who has once • possessed
it would net barter it for all on earth
besides. •
cseiut units. • .
Sometimes it iney be beoenary to
increase the "boiling " property with nitrie
Acid. Fipally soak the articles in *stet
until they are parteotly tree from Mild.
Theappearanee bq IPAPTved,,
rubbing them with. almond oil.
To olefin bld merble or alabaster.
Immune° theobjects, for two dr three attyp
in water to gottenthe dirt, Utile, 'ale, T1104
take them outand clean them With A broth.
When. cleaned in thie .wity at W011 as .Prea
ibla init them in a mixture. of .000 part .of
:ponoentrated muriatio ;mid andthree parte
of water, until they appear perfeetly
To clean 'brae's, make a. .mixtdre, of one
part oommon a,eicl and one part of
sulphuric aold-.10 a stone jar, beviag oleo
may a pail of :freshwater end! a, hex of
saw -duet. T'he artiolea Go be treated are
dipped. into the acid, the removed iitto the,
Water, and ..finally rubbed with :aawduet.
This immediately changes them to a bril-
liant COQ% If the braes- hes bettoree•
greatly it istret dipped in a strong solution
et potash and gotta inwenn water; this
outs the grew, go :that the gold has tilic
paws* tn got,
,
• cooetiug aeispeo,
Wheat•Griddle Caltes.-Oue pint and g.
halt flour, halt tablespoonful of 'eel% three
teaspeonfulsofbaltiog,poider,twoegge,otte.
pint and a halt of:millt. '
Aatter•Puddiog.,-Oile- quart of Milk, two
cepa of flour, aix eggs,..two -teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, two -cape of sugar, two oups
of Atoned raisins, .
• Winter .0quash.-Out up, pare the..pieeee
.and • stew - One ; math' teem In the
,kettle and eeaeon-with butter, pepper and
Apple Pie. --Stew sour apples until soft,
rubthrough a outlander and add three
beaten eggs for each pie, one-fourth of a
cup of butter and one:fourth of a oup of
flour. '
Beef Gthes.-Mince one pound of steak
and Add to it three clopped onions, pepper
and salt and two beaten eggs. Form into
small cakes, roll in cracker 'crumbs and fry
in hat lard.
• • Rice Fritters. -Ona quart of milk, twit
oups of ride, five•eggs, quarter of a cup of
butter. Boil the Hoe in the milk until
oat, then add one tablespoonful of sugar,
yolks of eggs and butter. When oolci 'add
the beaten whites of the eggs and fry in hot,
lard.
Spice Cake. -One oup eaoh of brown
sugar and butteat two teaspoobfuls of
•baking poWder, one pint of flour, one tea-
spoonful eaoh of nutmeg, cinnamon and
ginger, one cup o1 niIk; fat greaaed gem
pans two-thirds full and bake. .
•
Apple' Snow. -Pare and quarter the
apples, boil quickly in water flavored with
lemon peel. Atter atheving and ,draining,
pass theoughtt sieve, beat the whites of. six
eggs, add eix tablespoonfuls of powdered
sugar and the apples, stir together, heap.
up in a glue dith and garnish with lady
lingers.. • , . • •
Coffee Cake.- One cup each of butter and
strong coffee, one pint and a half of flour,
three quarters of a oup of butter, three eggs,
one oup and's, half of sugar, one capita of
stoned raisins, half a cupful of chopped
oiGron, half oup ot milk. Mix to e smooth
batter and bake fifty minutes.
. Arrowroot Puddiw.-One pint of milk,
two tablespoonfuls et arrowroot, two eggs,:
tall cup of sugar, half teaspoonful each of
cinnamon and nutmeg.; boil the milk and
stir in the arrowroot, which has been die-
solved'in a littleawater eatake from the fire,
add the other ingredients • and bake in an.
earthenwaredish in a gala oven.
. .
A Reath.
Whenever coolness, presence of midd
and intrepidity save humendife, it should
have Wide • recognition. • The newt:whip
Mactedam was recentlyburned at sea. She
carried passengers' and crew numbering
186 sable. For many hours •her -whole
interior'veasau roue of liarees,'and,fi daily
the. drake upheaved with an awful
explosion. 'But not a life was lost. Every
man, woman and child was saved. This
happy result was wholly due to • the
aplendid courage of dept. Van den Z-ee, a
young man of 80, and abut five months
filling a commander's position'. By hie
• °opines% sarong appeels to reason, hi
'unflinching courage and personal bravery
he controlled his areiv, kept them steadily
at work for eight hours, 'succeeded in keep-
ing the fire belay/ decks, • and -so 'managed
the ,passengers that not one received injury
and all were carefully -placed in the email
boats. He quelled a halt -dozen, panics by
the oplender 'of his command and the
respect his heroism inspired. He was Eta
self-posseased As if nothing unusual had
happened, and by word and action °earned
the fears of 'the • women, quieted the
children and inspired the men. Let the
name of Capt. -Van den Zee, the brave
Hollander, be crowned with honors, and
his eianaple be paraded before men, that
others mity learn the value of courage and
self-possession in the hour of trial and
great danger.-qacearnento Pecord..Union,
_
A. Dog Berber miaow.
A barber shop exclusively for doge ard
puppies, where any good, respectable os,nitie
who has the money can get a shave, or a
shampoo, or haircut, is about to be opened
in this city. jut where will be located
ie au unsettled question se -yet. An attempt
was ludo to enure a room for thisi-iiiirpose
under one of the Broad street hotels, but
the propriethr objected on the plea that it
would interfere with the already eteteb-
halted puppy trade at' his regular barber
'Mop, and he could not afford to have the
opposition. Still iG is an established fact
that such anoncern will' be netted in the
near future. Perhaps it is nit known out-
side of the trade that dog " elipping" or
hair-outting is. gettiug to be da inoportant
branch of the barber buskin's. Fashionable
dames hate their pet poodles regulsrly
shampooed and combed every day, and the
ewell owners of expeneive puge or Skye
terriers are regular patrons. Veryfew does
allove bay rum to be used in shaving them,
and they are poor customers for "our
never -failing bair entioer for baldness Or
" the worid,renowned elixir for encouraging
over -modest, mustaches." The moat artietio
bow -wows heves their own oup, with their
n-a.PinherkilndeG/priina Sane:et: and a private brin
k,
The Pecboclotts Newabol.
One evening thie eveek two well known
Portage.) gentlemen were Strolling up Main
• saran, Winnipeg, with a Wend. One of
the gentlemen, who is connected -with a
tehreearneerwys,bwoayea beuing continually pestered by
n°"Teettliim, A
otukeadtl
eligallet
in yelling Retigitteiea,
heahought he had hit ts good idea to get
rid Of the boy% He told each one that
aceoetta him that he could nob read. This
Worked all right till he met o her little
fellow, who yelled out io,,e,:pai:reingt),ton
g/;8aitia Times, sir?"
the Renege man, "1 ()set ateaeweaYist fray,
Mister." replied the boy, as ha darted oaff,
"there's piature3 in this 'dies)
nTItO
portage gentlemen concluded that•the
was
floored, and calling the bey bath h° bought
up his hank in trade, and sent hintonhie
, . ,
WADY1r0e1,3°02Weli7i'fl probably in league with
COL Sellers. HO declares that turnips Are
the best feed people can ilet,
4
LoWatis STItATA IN AtielViotelV,
abeetekets item *412 Milingloilii40 and
Pouloollt lidAtter-Tfle flofflbl�• PA*
SI That elect1en,-2Uuann,01 the UMW
oust and Trielto ofthe llittOrell-leatt•
day emetic%
(Feem a recent reincion Utter)
Billiugagate, the notoriouts fish market,
is eloran too novel and lively e. place even
Lr the rambler with propensities favoring
low -tide life. The market itself and 'the
street leading to and trona it parallel to the
Theanes is indeseribably "nasty," as the
Euglith would say. Sometimes you pan
through Biaiugsga,te 'without hearing any
. of the foul leneusge for which the:a:due
• bets bourne ao fat:none. But usually M•the
busy session of the day youare more than
liable to hearlanguage which isnot adapted
to the drewing-room. It seems as though
' the Ethanougera had noted an atmosphere
wherein they considered it imputable to
effect a baagelo •without invoking the aid
of profanity, Doubtless many of the latest
at lea in the way et maths may be trued
(twenty to Billingegate.
Nothing could be etranger by contrast
-then -a iittle-ounfeetion nand -which, I die.,
covered one day right down in the heart of
that blasphemous community. Over the
memo VMS the legend -Whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap,"
Below the counter was another inscription;
"Our, motto; Filter your werds." This
wee,. lonely effort at refOrm was almost.
eon:noel in its isolation.
Aleut. for the modern diraiples di/token%
Petticoat lane is fast becoming 'a remi-
nineuee. -Indeed, it don not exist in name
any tenger, for its enterprising citizens
write their addresses as Middlesex lane
now. For &Mug time it seemed impossible
to purge the -locality, but rigid polith enr-
veill Alice and other OttliSes have combined
to • effed quite a Metamorphosis. One
could almost be. sentimental i' nough to
regret tine. There was sotnetlaing exhilar-
ating in the pristine .19,Wlesonees ot the
piece. Never, Ieuppose, was there a mere
thoroughly roeten • community. anywhere,
and yet one; which more completely bafflea
.the police. It was as if the inhabitants
were in league with oath Other and operated.
always on the mutual protection basis.
Y.olegaight stiatatet down the Wen with
Watch iu your peoket, but there .was libIle
hope that you could ever retiun with it, as
crowds could becelled: together at any
moment, either for. the purpon of killing
an unwary atrangetaa pocikets or for the
-ptirpose of balkiug.the police. All these
ahluge - are Estill measurably true of the
,Lane to -day. • • •
'Sunday is the great occasion in this. part
of the city 'and people who do not . lack in
eithrege often 'make it a paint to •go around
th'ere at that time for bargaies. Of course,
it is presumed that all thetartieles for sale
Are nolea property,but 11 18 impossible to
fix guilt upon any one. From time imme-
morielthe , ablate have beeninsthealabit of
.making for Petticoat lane " (tte I shall
continue to cell it, rather titan indorse the
new ' name). whenever any' important
burglary has been commieted: Knowing
the futility of trying t� convict the guilty
party, the More often than otherwise
advise the loser to buy his property back.
The mealiest gems and articles of apparel
are 01 ten to be obtained there for a were
song.. When a men has " found " 414 Watch
worth $100 he hi frequently quite anxious to
dispoae of it as early as possible, • even
thoggh, he shall gob but $10 or $15 for it.
• Tha -mornent a. stronger enteresPetteMat
Jane .he spotted bythe citizens, the
mejority Otadhope are Jewish.. If he is sus -
paned of being ireseareh: of some man Or
some piece of property, up go two or three
fingers and the weed is passed along the
lines by; a genet signal' system, Boahat
every one is on the lookout. , It you pue-
chase a silk handkerthief, it is well for you
71e. clutch it with both hands .until you are
quite away,. else it will be.. nipped put of
your pooket and eold again before you have,
got allook distant. • •
' -Petticoat lane is great • for iteexelienge
bargains also. '. • . • '
shrewd' •-representative of the. needy
fraternity cm readily make a living simply
by this process. Perhaps he is all " rags
and .tags," when he enters the !Arcata. He
divihes. te articles which the proprietors
are epeoielly mutants to get rid of, and
,.pithe by piece eitchangee his .13eedy, dot&
for•aimilar but better pieces ; and these
.agais for pier* still better, . until at last he
emerges from the further end Of thelane
.real steed.• .
•
• The reetai.rants are also 'a great feature.
You 'den get a meal that ciertaihiy lacike
not in quantity, whatever may'. be said of
the Lquelity, for three or bar. perm..
Slitteagee and potatoes conatitute a most
popular disheand may be purchased in o
more ot places at a penny A dish; '
The atreetbries are, alas, Mao iletericirafs
ing Legielationhaa 'been abitecinethem
es se popular nuisance, and those which
aforetime • pthensed much ot &tweet
historical interest are aim heard 'no more.
Seine of theeing-song cries by vendors of
crurapets, water oreseesSprawne, shrimps,
fruits and vegetables , are, however, quite
plaintive' and striking. The milk men
thouts, "Milk, he 1" and leaves the pint er
quit of a' each • family • in a can of
-his with on the doornail, to be claimed
and taken in .by one cf 'the ocoupents:
when the people are ',Atli., The news-
boys , yell ". Piper!" just as they do in
every Amerfoen • city, whilelbegailing the
publio into making a purchase. The beg.
gats •sometimes try the :stanitimoniouit
reoketaana. may be Been 'singing, "1 do
believe, I new believe," etc., Or Elptag,eqiially
pious hymb, in the intervals between their
pretence 'corantients on: thinge about them
and their_ coarse hottci vode ions among
themeelveta • . " •
The • sweepers at the. street crossings
sometimes Melte fait wages out ot the film
which pestling pedestrians are pleased to
beetow upon them. One who holds the fort
at the tOp 'of Regent Street recently died;
widen inventory of his Worldly wealth
developed the fact that be bast erattmulatea
about 445 by. meetis el. math quatititiee.
There were neeeperereedy to give £3 dr :64
tor the position. • ' • •
When the double exthution took place at
Newgate int -week asose.thrly and Went
down to see the 'black fleg raised ever the
wills. of the famous old jail.
The .haegitig was to occur, at 8 o'clock.
Five minutes before the Appointed hour I
woe elbowing my Way through 'the crowd
of curious men, Women andaohildren to a
'spot where the ceremony might be wit -
missed. It is imMetirries tedious to tarry
foe a belated troth or to waib for the rising
of the euetain in a theatre; bat Buell
tedium is not to be compered to the °Panels-
siVe avve that settles down over u crowd of
people, Who are waiting for a death knell.
What ne experience Must have boob that
Of the two guilty wretehee wlbhin, te whom
the eecoude of eath nubble Were 55 the
deoades whioh go to inake lip a Century!
' At length the 8 o'clock bells began toll
on all saw. When the latest one had
tidied its last iltrokththe thin bleak flag
appeared' eboae the frothing wall, awl
quickly olinibed t6 the earti•mit 'of the
•fifteteatoot MEWL OrrOok and Harris were
no more. The silence Was now broken by
the Undertone Oran:tents tif the people ati
they slowly dispekeed ; and I heited one
bootblack say to anOther, &may ;
"Well, jack, tiVo More old pale are gene 1".
Tog NILE Ili*PilDet
Tim Work ei the eaatea4ean Verageara,
, •
Lae dendalbeerreepondent the40014en
Standard, writingfroutAmbigoi, November
6th, ears ; The Canadian voYagetire have
vastly modified their first view as to the
001=14' of the task of navigating the Nile
at this season of the year, and admit that
the passage at Bahr -81.1101w le a very
serious and arduous undertaking, and 'Very
much harder than anything they. expected
to meet with. They think it le hardly
likely that the body of troops can get up
oven as far wiehout serious acoldente. The
Royal Engineers all go through a mune of
mowing at (11ththem, while the soldiers of
the line anew nothing whatever about
!analog. If, therefore, the former Move
had owl immense difficulty in bringing up
their bunt, how vastly greater will he the
tether men unable to handle an ear. More,
over, the pioneer boats only carry .six
hundred aounds,, and the Othaditens say
that they are ter too cleeply laden for safety
In such rapid% while the boats with the
troops win oarry eight hundred pounds.
The Canadians tiT.0 LQ0,017)&3104 the
-4lmotii4, and -danger will be hest met
by the army advanoing in parties of ten
boats at a time. There will then bestiffi.
oient voyageurs to man the boats and to
bring them up through the difficult 'place%
If more than ten beats were to come up at
a time there would be grave risks of ool-
lision, as the stream often catthes them
and sweeps them anon the river witb.
great velocity, and a elear Orem ie neces-
sary for eafety. * * The boats passed
up • the rapid e nearest Ambigol without
acmident. They were partially unleden..
They were then taken up separately, two.
Canadians; taking their- plaCel in the boat
to steer her, and the united orewe of fifty
men laying on to tbe hawser, and E0 haul-
ing them One by one up- the rapids. Tne
shores near Ambigol are strewn with the
timbers of shipwrecked boats, showing how
dangerous is the navigation of this Vert
of the river, and the natives reckon that
fully 170 per cent. of the crafts employed'
host month were wrecked on the passage.
Wbile the evgineer boats • were ascending
tbe rapide; Aileyne'e boats came down, and
hot the rapids with great velocity; to the
immense setonithment of the natives and
Egyptian eoldiefs. Indeed,, the sight of
North American Indiaes thus navigating
British troops up, the eateraote of the Nile
is one of the moat singular events witneseed
in a campaign. As Alleyneta .boat shot
past those of the engineers, the voyegetus
shouted out to the.upgoing'Canadittue that
the river was extremely diffibuW above, and
that unlene with the aid of a ittrong wind
they' would, find it impossible to get up,.
The boats on their part are more manage-
able, and make far more (progress by the
help of the wind than those of the engineere
still more than the heavy laden boats which
follow, as they ciliary little more than half
the load. The voyageurs ealonlate that not
more than sixty boats can poseibly be
passed up the Anabigol cataract daily, eveb
it all were manned by experienced Men.
As the north wind, which is even now.
precarious, ceases in jautiary, it is evideet
that the time available for the expedition
to reach, Berber ana •Khartoum is Very
limited, for 11 will not be ,possible to drag
or row the boats after the ,wind has ceased
to help them' en.
A Vigorous Political titurimper. •
Henry Ward Beecher has been seumping
in the•Presidential campaign for Cleveland,
and he struck right out from the, shoulder.
Here is a epeolmen : "Let. Us talk about
bibs," said Mr. Aeifter. ".When James
G. Blaine said hehad nob bought $30,006
worth of•stook in the Little Rook & Fere
Sinithitailreed he told, Mit a professional
lie, but, a personal lie. a(Laud cheers.):
'Winn he declared that le -did :not Own
$25,000 worth ofland le the lloblibir Vida
ley he told a lie.that (mild stand and walk
alone, and 80 10 the Fort Scott affair, and
the $30,0,000. Blaine is a brilliant liar, and
if ever there is 21 eompetition in lyiug he
will carry off the 'prize. (Cheersand laugh -
tem.) In fent, he le a constitutional, edu-
nated and national liar." And then in
dealing with Mr, Jey_t prominent railway
whotw.Atieoher declares is lying to
'ettye Ble,ine's reputation, • he (Beecher),
said: "The advantage which is. expected'
from your denialuan last but % day or.two,,
but the lie will endure forever; it will abide
with You, tolled, yeti, home, dwell in your
memory, be present in your Old age, sand
.by your coffin and meet you in God's judg-
ment day ! MayRe who found a way to
fergivelying Peter forgive you and have
meroy.on your 'soul in that awful day 1"
The Singer's Larynx Photographed. -
Americans have been for years . past
acquiring • a very brilliant,- .reptitaticin
abroad. And now comes to the front a
Brooklyn donor, Mr. T.: R. Frendh; who
has managed to do what nobody could do
before -photograph the human larynx
When in action. Dr. Lennox Brown, of
• London, hats olnained some photographs of
a professional singer's larynx while in the
sot of singing. He made even a photograph
of the ,thords when they were producing
falsetto notes. But he outmoded in doing
it only in this partioular case, in whioh the
.singer, peewee:ling an unusually aninitatile
throat, did: his -best to help ban in bis
experimemts. Mr. French; on the Other
hand, managed by the use of it kind of
pistolscamera and, a' magnifying -glass, , to
obtain phetographs-ot all kinds of throats,
healthy as -well as. infirm, irritable as well
as unirritabIe, working as wellate at rest
.The great point was to cateh the inipression
as quickly as possible, and, by means et
his pistol -camera, he managed to • snap
impressions of deep inspirations, as well
as expirations, ot outran°, soprano end
all kinds 'of deep and high notes. He
obtained even impressions of the posterior
name, s� diffidule of 'lathes in ce living
being: -New York Sun. '
Chitnged Ills &Iliad Munn Her.
"1 that' never dell on Mrs. Smith again,"
said Mrs. jones, " I never Want to see her
any More." • • •
" You woneen ate very foolish to quarrel
over trifles," iaid Mr: Sone% " Mrs. Smith
is a very pleasant person, a little talkative,
perhape, but one the whole a very esti-
retail° woman. You shouldn't attaqh . any
importance to What she says. What was
the trouhle
" She said you werenlavery prcimpb in
paying your debts."
"Well, by thutider 1" shouted Zones;
jumping to hie feet, ' I would give $25 if
the were a man for just ten minutes." -
New York Star.
'Marmalade is new made from banana
Elkins iti Philadelphia. An enterprising
Italian has opened a factory and employs.
about tweetyfltallan boys, who gather the
banana skins /lone the gutters and Garry
them to the factory, where they are
washed, grotind and cooked with sugar and
flavoring. ,
An enthusittatief and happy Chicago
Eenloorat has celebrated the eleetion of
uleveland by hiring a aloon tor a day and
.keeping open house for everybody who
wanted to be joyfUl °ter that happy event.
Ib is rumored that Several portions who
wore plumeaduriog the Oallrase took advans
tage et this attraotive OppOrtiOnity.
HIRIPIKInialtisfs LONG AGM
Ougtomm In vogue ieustrea Them itievely
Maidens- In the 0141 ceitutry,
mantas Family bissextile.)
Importance was formerly altaehed to the
oolore'whiohlhe bride wore On her wed.
ding day. Thug, in an old book entitled
b"rl'h
i dee a uPdi ft heree na
b rj tsf
aoirds :re birtzrrieaseeen,L
conversing together reapeeting the colorer to
be 'Ind for the decoration of the bridal
dress. It was finally decided, after various
colors had been rejected, " te miogle a gold
tissue with gram green," this being maid-
ered symbolical of youthful jollity.
Again, that the cffice of a, bridemaid was
in tithes putt not altogether a sinecure may
be gathered from the tan thin during the
period of the wedding festivities, whioh
often extended.over a week, the brianmaide
were expected to be he attendance, and to
do whatever they could to promote thou
success,
Then there well the oUstem of "flinging
the nothing," at which the brideemaida
took a prominent aeremony to
'whioh-no acuall importance was attaelied,
It heel been made the subject of frequent
allusion by our old writers, and one rhyme,
describing a wedding, tells US
But still the stoking s are to throw;
Some throw too egh ahd serge too low,
There's none could hit the mark.
Mission further informs us that if the
bridegroom's necking% thrown by one of
the bridemaids, fell upon his head it was
regarded as an omen that she herself would
Soon be married; and a similar prognostio
was taken from the falling of the bride's
stocking, thrown by one of the groomsmen.
It was the bridarosidai duty, too, to present
the bride with the " benedinion pelmet," so
called from the words uttered over it;
practice thus notated by Herrick in hie
"Hesperides :"
What short, sweet prayers shau be said,
And how the possot ohml be made
With cream 01 111105, not of kine,
And ttiaiden's blush for opiced wine. .
Suckling thus alludes to this otteltem :
In cisme the bridemaids with the pelmet,
The, bridegroom eat in smght. .
Once more, the bfidemaide were supposed
to look after the bride' e pecuniary intereste.
Thus, at the church poroloiwhen the bride-
-groom produced the ring and other &alleles
relating to hie marriage, the chief bridetnaid
took charge of the " dow-puree," which was
publialYagivern to the bride as an instalment
.,,of her pm Money, Horace Walpole, writing
to • ita somwi:13s- preirrie:ev itt tal 1 et rei ga r o? the BpPaesittk, ea n°dr.
wri
" Our• wedding is over Very properly,
though with little deremciny,•and nothing et
ancient fashion but two bridemaide. • The
endowing purse, I believe, has been lett off
einem broad pieces were oalled in and melted
down." '
It hag been pointed out, however,' that a
survival of this utaitge is preserved in Cern-
berlanci. The bridegroom provides him-
self wath.gold and crown pieces, and When
the Berme reaches the -point, with all
my worldly goods I thee eaany," he taloa
the money, hands the clergyman hi's fee.
• and pairs the rest into .5, handkerchief
whioh the bridernaid holds for the bride.
In Sootland the brideineeld 15 popularly
known afi the "bast. maid," and one of.
her prinoipal duties was to convey the
bride's primate _on the wedding to her
future home. The first artutle generally
taken into'the house was a vessel of Balt, a
portion Of which was sprinkled oyer the
floor, as -a proteetion against the "evil
eye." She also attended the bride when
she called -on her friends andgathat per -
must invitation to her Wrs'clding.
' • curiosities ot sJae "seabbi.
Odly doMeatio letters are opened by the
Dead Letter Office, and of these,, during the.
Peat year, 15,000 mainlined money ; 18,000
bontegned draf te, cheques and money' orders,
and 16,000 contained receipts.. In these
letters the actual money received Was $32,-
647, and the drafts, cheques' and money
orders amount to the enormous suni of '
more ' than $1,300,000. In these lettere
ibere were 85 000 photographs and 66,000
ef them contained postage stamps. A
great metny'of them contained articles ot
merchandise and 'curios of various kinds-,
and there is now in the Dead' Letter Officio
museum enough specimens ' of different
things whioh have been eent through the
mails to fill the thelves lining -the WallElof
a goodadzed parlor,. These' curiosities . are:
of allkinds, from a ,dirty shirt ouff to a
polished dirk, .from hana-maaelace • to
Indian • moccasins, from a cow's hoof to a
human skull, from an eagle's claw to a live
snake, from an Easter card to an alligator,
and from geld nuggets to fine jewellery.
Everythingain featathat one would think
imputable to send through the • mails
people attempt to mail.-Oleveland Leader.
, Lenders or Fashion.
•The Ccitintess Walewska, owe roma OE
honor to Enapees3 Eugenie, is said to liaffle
antioipated Whistler's "harmonies " in her
dress, which was always black, as the
believed that color ehowed off the beautiful
white of her neck and shoulders and the
carnation of her oheeks. • Otto day, owing •
to an aeoident at a hunt, this lovely and
ingenious lady of honor was forced to keep
her bed, but she received her friends all the
same, and astonished. them • somewhat by.'
wearing a loose peplum robe of black
!foulard silk, whioh showed neck and ar ms,
apd pillow -oases and sheets, also of the
same fabric,. The coverlet was of pale
pink beooade, bordered with swan's down.
Thai might be teemed a "nocturne" in
pink and blaclaand =Wein& an linpreetnen
on certain sueoeptible courtiers that its fame
reitehed the imperial ears' and Eugenie
herself Went aud had is black link bed to
heighten her own fair beauty. --Le Monde,
Paris.
Ile Outi IIad.Illl�ugh,
Hartford Courant: The unimittee of
the prison simulation examined nine
prisoners' at Wetheraileld. Among them
was an Irishman, whb Bald that liquor was
whet really braught him there, and was
sure he sliould keep Diem of 'the leas in the
future, and equally sure he . should let
liquor alone. The committee naturally
had' some doubts about it, and Felber
Hughes gave him some very geed advice ,
and caution as to the temptatibn he would
meet,. Dwelling on this he said
"Did you Over eee a oat that wouldn't
*drink milk?" '
"1 have,yoar reverence," said the man,
uneapeatedly but decidedly.
" When was that ?"
"When it luta had enough, your rever-
ence." .
There 01111 be but little question that thee
oentinued °lose covering of the head with
fiats and oaps its ono very consbatib °muse 01
baldnese. Women seldom lose their hair,
except' from maiden causes, and among
those unions where the head is habitually
left bare or but slightly covered, baldnette ia
practically unknown. The beard, which is
of the same class of hair as that ef the
scalp does not fell with age. A reform in
our style of headgear is very desirable, bin
tis not at tell likely to :be accomplished,
Married Saturday; divorce pronedings
Menday. Seen is a Bettis nOrgek main -
menial reolord4
ELEGANT NTATIONEUT,
reraterie New the igage Alwang Nastrt-
tensible iietterrairdtere.
Levert) ot fine' fitationery and elegaiii
acooutreinents for the writing -desk and
toilet -stand will 6.I34 a number of novelties
in that line in the holiday nook of station•
ere and notion dealers. The young malt
who is coneoithe that his lady friende may
be numbered in the above plass will And hal
pooket shallower than ever beforedor novel.
ties are expensive luxuries. The 'toadied
stationery --paper and envelopes -28 OM.
paratively inexpensive, but fashionable
letter -writers do not use stationery flow;
o"oPvdePrtr :rmi°111tgultehoef Wdllalitrsa.adItPe Ps iegtnriee
ifi-
canoe is not, coufined alone to mere paper
and envelope, but inoludee everything
writer could possibly use, except a desk and
chair, from a $ genii blotter to a S50 ink.'
stand. A eupply of envelopes worth $1 is
Plit up in a ogee woich retails for aid.
Then there are ivory paper -knives, and no
end of appliances which, no doubt, add
immeaeurably to the value of a, Atter to ita
recipient. "
Every One is familiar with the ord'hary
plush, leather and composition jewel and
glove boxes in' whioh fine stationery m soot ;
but the new steck containe something
• much more elaborate.' For 012 Or $14 oen
be pantie -Ad what appeers to be a Minim;
bure safe, and though it. is but 8 or 9 ituilith
by 6 or `7 broad and deep, one would hen -
tate before attempting to lift it with one
hand. The illusion is perfect. The whole
affair, filled with paper and envelopes tied
up in delioate blue and pink silk cords,
weighs about two pounds. These are
mcstly of bronze (imitation), with raised
designs of classic severity, Others are of
silk plush with bronze panels, or bronze
with beveled plate -glass top and front. All
of then styles in bronze hath a very
antique and rioh appearance, while some
in plush of differeot ehades, with wax
flowers on them, would grace the boudoir
ot adairy, 0 fairies are addicted to letter -
writing," As to the styles of paper sila
envehmes used almoot any delta:ate shade ,
is suitable. Envelopes are very nearly
square, and writing paper, ruled or unrifled,
is Mostly plain, without date, device or
initial letter, • " •
aria W.ars JEALOUS.
AL Tt'apeze Pertormer's Terrible Revenge-
• The man who trusts hie- life, not merely .•
metaphorically, but literally in the mouth
�t a jealous woman is in a dangerous place.
It wee • mentioned yesterday that Miss ,
Leona Dare; an AMSrioan aorobat, who was - -
aeonstomed to hold' in her teeth a trapeze
on which her partner performed, had let
the trapeze fall while exhibiting at
a theatre in Spain. It was said that
the dropped him in a nervous fit.
She Is they little, 'a brunette, and
always wears her hair piled up On top of
her head, in order to increase her apparent
height. She originally oame from a 'Western
State, where she learned the trifetze busi-
ness in a wood shed, and she made her first
appearance in public) in Sew York. She
there. performed the double trapeze act
with John Hall in a pantomime. She- im-
mediately came into pliblie favor, peztly.en
acedunt of her beauty of figoreahot prinoi- •
pally because she was a born a,orobat. John
Hall fell m •love with her ehortly. after and
,they were married. They went West in a
Hompty Diimptylroupe. Out there Leona
eloped with Hall's brother George. Be
also wae an acrobat, and took her husband's
place performing the double trapeze nob,
It -broke her husband's heart 'when she •
deserted aim, and he gave up the 'business. '
La well known New York manager said to a,
Sun reporter " She was one -ab the coolest
performers that ever lived, and my iminion
.itt that she_didnotairop-this-rnataan-a-ner
VOUS fit. She was very jealous. If you
will netioe, 'this man whom she dropped is .
called M. George. I sweet he is George • •
Hall." Here is material for the moat sen -
battens!' of stage stories.. '
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•8111.AESP.Elt,S AND TIIElll VACT1.11
E. W. Vatter, of Brighton, fudges and The*
f . Gain $2,150.
_Two woll-dressed sharpers drove from
the oily to Brighten on Friday afternoon
for a call on E. W. Carter, of that village.
One of the pair assumed ,the role of an'
&mad& of the East Side Savings Bank, and
assuring Mr. Garter that there was some-
thing wrong with the latter's bank lecount
advised him to withdraw hie clot:Init. Early
Saturday 'morning the pair ' revisited Mr.
Carter and finally pomaded their vietim,
who is 65 yeare of age, to come to the pity
and , withdraw his deposit. Mr. Carter
;took the firet train for Rochester and drew
out, his money -42,4.50. On leaving the
bank be met the two men again and they
endued him to acoompany them to a room
they had rented at 43 Lancaster street,.
While' there they indulged in what • Mr.
Carter termed a " picture card .game."
They allowed the'dupe to win at the start
and then. cheated him out of every dollar
of his motley.' The pair finally courted
their viotim to the street and kindly bade
him good ,clay: Several bolus later it
dawned' on his mind that he . had been
duped, and he reported hie loss to, Chief
McLean. Deteetivea Kavanaugh.. -and
Lauer were detailed on the oase„but searoh
was -made in vain . for the. eharporse-
gicheeter Herald, ' ' •
The Dotatelt.Reforan Pastore.
The ministers of the lautolateformed,
()Mirth Met at No, 34 Vino' stren, yestere
day mcirning, to . delouse the Sunday
question, Before taking hp the subjed
they considered the applioetion of a termer -
Preslosterian minister for affiliation with
,their Church.
"He's a little off," said Chairman Dixon.
"Which end? " aSked the Rev. Dr. ,
Gordon,
'I The upper end," replied the Chairman.
, " Oh " was the chorus from about a,
'dozen of those present,
The Rev. 0. I. Shenherdopened the
.13uticitty question and the ()there• joined in.
Sunday at Coney Island Wea deseribed is a,
perfeot hell. It was thought thatminieters ,
'ought to set the exaniple for the world by
refusing to ride in railroad trains on Sun-
day, The question ef whether they ahotild
make use of the horse -oats to get to church'
was brought up, but passed over lightly,
The eleotion of officers odours next Mondays
,-New York World.
The Danger 01 11.
Philadelphia Call: Tiresome
happened to, aw, get hold of an Erie papal:
to -day, and I saw the funnien thing in it
-Geo tautly for anything.
Tired Beatits-Do toll it, then.
. "Why, it was about a young lady at a
littletown called Harbororeek, 11eald
she dislocated her jaw While yawning.
WI0111 it stwange
• " Nothing onstage, I am Aare. The
yotibg gentleman of Huborereek t3hould
be talked to.;"
Weeny, now, 1 itawil't nee what yon are
dwiving at, ye know."
"Otto Of them probably called on her
and Stayed too late. '
A photograph of lightning he bean made
in ROW Orien110. .
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